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Accuracy and precision of clinical estimation of leg length inequality

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Accuracy and precision of clinical estimation of leg length inequality and lumbar scoliosis: comparison of clinical and radiological measurements. Int Disabil Stud. 1988; 10(2):49-53 (ISSN: 0259-9147) Friberg O; Nurminen M; Korhonen K; Soininen E; Mänttäri T Research Institute of Military Medicine, Central Military Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. The results of 196 clinical determinations of leg length inequality and postural pelvic tilt scoliosis in 21 patients were analysed and compared ...

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Limb Length Inequalities and Growth Deformities Wheeless

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Notes on limb length inequality Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics

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Management of Leg Length Inequality

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Management of Leg Length Inequality from Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association James J. McCarthy, MD, and G. Dean MacEwen, MD Abstract Leg length inequality is common. Treatment objectives include obtaining leg length equality, producing a level pelvis, and improving function. Clinical assessment should include determination of a level pelvis with the patient standing using a set of blocks of various heights to estimate the amount of leg length inequality. Radiographic measures ...